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Her plaintive, breathy vocals are set to searching piano lines and given lots of space to unfurl and hover while looking for a place to land.

Haines notes “our approach to composition has been very spontaneous.” Location has also been an important factor to the band.Haines recalls that “being isolated in the woods at Bear Creek helped to inspire the vibe for these first songs that we wrote together.The album quickly became a favorite among critics, garnering features in the likes of Interview, URB, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Performing Songwriter and Harp, among many others, gaining attention for its stripped-down sound and stirring vocals.Most notably, KNIVES marks a vast departure from the bold sounds and sassy persona that Haines is so associated with through Metric.In addition, i Tunes will premiere the record two weeks early, with an exclusive digital release on May 22nd.

Finally, on June 26th, Last Gang will release Metric’s first album, GROW UP AND BLOW AWAY.

Fiery foursome Metric is hard at work this Spring and Summer.

After a relentlessly busy two years, supporting 2005’s critically-acclaimed LIVE IT OUT – which took the band everywhere from an opening spot for the Rolling Stones’ dates at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, to the stage of 2006’s Coachella Festival, to Canada’s Juno Awards and across Europe, the states and the UK for multiple sold-out tours – the band has finally had some down time to start thinking about their much-anticipated fourth album.

Yes, it took some time, but Emily Haines’s follow-up to 2006’s exquisite Knives Don’t Have Your Back (which made our 50 Best Toronto albums list) and its companion EP, 2007’s What Is Free To A Good Home, feels like the hard-earned result of a decade spent processing experiences, exploring self and setting her findings to some highly listenable tuneage.

Plus she’s been busy churning out a steady stream of albums with her high-energy dance-rock-fuelled primary project, Metric.

Originally recorded in 1999 and slated for release on Restless Records, GROW UP became victim to label restructuring and was shelved when Restless was bought by Rykodisc in 2001.